Storage device having function for coping with computer virus

Details Storage device having function for coping with computer virus Storage device having function for coping with computer virus

1996-06-03

1999-06-29

Beausoliel, Jr., Robert W.

39518314, G06F 1100

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059180080

ABSTRACT:
A storage device, having the function of coping with a computer virus which has the ability to prevent infection with a computer virus and properly deal with infection with a computer virus, comprises: an infection management table used to manage files stored on a disk to see if the files are infected with viruses; a table registering unit for receiving a result of detection from a virus checker for detecting if a file stored on a disk is infected with a virus, and for registering the result in the infection management table; a judging unit that when a use request is made externally for a file stored on the disk, references the infection management table so as to judge if the file is infected with a virus; and a prohibiting unit that when the judging unit judges that a file is infected with a virus, prohibits the use of the file.

REFERENCES:
patent: 5452442 (1995-09-01), Kephart
Peter Norton Symantec Corp., Norton Antivirus, 1992, Chapter 2, 3, 4, 6, B-4-B-7.

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